Physical science news

Puffing up elliptical galaxies

Submitted by Yoo on 10/03/2009 - 23:30

Tags: Astronomy

Ellipticals at high redshift appear to be much smaller in size than those in our local Universe, but have about the same mass and density of stars.

New mega ring around Saturn discovered using Spitzer

Submitted by Yoo on 10/08/2009 - 16:33

Tags: Astronomy

Infrared observations using the Spitzer Space Telescope have revealed the largest known ring around Saturn.

2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Submitted by Yoo on 10/08/2009 - 00:40

Tags: Chemistry

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas Steitz, and Ada Yonath win the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on elucidating the chemical bond-by-chemical bond action of the cell's protein synthesis organelle, the ribosome.

Nobel Prize in Physics 2009

Submitted by Yoo on 10/07/2009 - 00:17

Charles K. Kao, Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith share this years Nobel Prize in Physics for their contributions to the transmission and detection of light, specifically work on fiber optics and CCDs.

Is the Sun Ready to Party? Two (yes, two) Sunspots Appear

Submitted by Yoo on 09/24/2009 - 01:29

Tags: Astronomy

During a time when the Sun is being unusually quiet, two sunspots have appeared.

Confirmation of water on the Moon

Submitted by Yoo on 09/25/2009 - 04:13

Tags: Astronomy

Water has been confirmed to exist all over the surface of the Moon.

Stars tip over, Relativity left standing

Submitted by Yoo on 09/19/2009 - 00:40

Tags: Astronomy

The unexplained precession of the binary star DI Herculis is due to the stars' rotation not being aligned with their orbits.

Planck's First Light

Submitted by Yoo on 09/18/2009 - 16:13

Tags: Space, Astronomy

"First light survey" images have been released from the Planck Surveyor Satellite.

Next they'll tell me pigs can fly.

Submitted by Yoo on 09/14/2009 - 23:59

Tags: Biology, Physics

Mice appear to function normally on the short term when levitated by strong magnetic fields after an initial bout of panic.

Astronomers Without Borders – Live Event September 22, 2009

Submitted by Yoo on 09/17/2009 - 04:33

Tags: Astronomy

The Astronomers Without Borders group will be hosting their first live event on September 22, 2009 between 1900 and 2100 UTC.